About Perfecto Mundo® Azaleas

A Stunning Rebloomer, Now Available at Your Local Garden Center

Perfecto Mundo®: the azaleas that do it all

  • Outstanding bloom in spring and fall
  • Months, rather than just weeks, of colorful flowers
  • Pure, rich colors
  • The only reblooming azalea with double flowers
  • Handsome deep green foliage resists common pests and diseases
  • Tidy, dense habits create the formal look that people love with azaleas
6 colors of the Perfecto Mundo

Perfecto Mundo Azalea Basics

Perfecto Mundo Red

Soil: Moist, acidic soils with high amounts of organic matter.

Pruning: Prune or trim after spring bloom to encourage new growth and more abundant rebloom.

Uses: Mass plantings; edging; low hedge; foundation planting; specimen.

Growing Tips: At its best when sited in filtered sun all day. Hardy to USDA zone 6b with protection; has survived winters in zone 6a but with significant damage. Benefits from mulch.

Meet the Perfecto Mundo Series:

Perfecto Mundo® Double Dark Pink

Rhododendron x ‘NCRX7’ ppaf, cbraf

2.5-3’ tall x 3-4’ wide

Perfecto Mundo Double Pink 3 gallon plant
Perfecto Mundo® Double Pink

Rhodododendron x ‘NCRX3’ pp#32,819, cbraf

2-3’ tall x 3-4’ wide

Perfecto Mundo® Double Purple

Rhododendron x ‘NCRX4’ ppaf, cbraf

2.5-3’ tall x 3-4’ wide

Perfecto Mundo Double White in a Pot
Perfecto Mundo® Double White

Rhododendron x ‘NCRX5’ ppaf, cbraf

2.5-3’ tall x 3-4’ wide

Perfecto Mundo Red in a Pot
Perfecto Mundo® Red

Rhododendron x ‘NCRX8’ ppaf, cbraf

2.5’ tall x 3-4’ wide

Perfecto Mundo Orange
Perfecto Mundo® Orange

Rhododendron x ‘NCRX6’ ppaf, cbraf

2.5’ tall x 3-4’ wide

Dr. Tom Ranney

Meet the Breeder

Tom Ranney is a professor with the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University. He is a plant breeder who has helped to produce 50 new cultivars of landscape plants. Tom has also been awarded the Scott Medal, been named Outstanding Graduate Educator, Fellow, and Outstanding Researcher by the American Society for Horticultural Science, and has won the H. Marc Cathey Award and Luther Burbank Award from the American Horticultural Society.